After reading this article you will learn about the advantages and methods of artificial recharge of ground water. Advantages of Artificial Recharge of Ground Water: Following are the main advantages of artificially recharging the ground water aquifers: 1. No large storage structures needed to store water. Structures required are small and cost- effective. 2. Enhance the dependable yield of wells [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the classification of aquifers. An aquifer is a geological unit that can store and transmit water. Unconsolidated sand, and gravel, sandstone, limestone, lava flows and fractured pletonic and metamorphic crystalline rocks are examples of typical aquifers. There are two kinds of aquifers: (i) Unconfined aquifers, and (ii) Confined aquifers. Aquifers that extend [...]
After reading this article you will learn about water resource planning for future in India. The drinking water crisis in Indian cities has reached explosive proportions. For years, urban dwellers have been silently suffering an intermittent supply of poor quality water. Now their patience has run out. Water riots have already occurred in several cities and could be repeated in [...]